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Title:Assimilation in Eighteenth Century Senegal
Author:Hargreaves, John D.
Year:1965
Periodical:The Journal of African History
Volume:6
Issue:2
Pages:177-184
Language:English
Geographic term:Senegal
Subjects:acculturation
history
Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups)
History and Exploration
Ethnic and Race Relations
External link:https://www.jstor.org/stable/180195
Abstract:This preliminary discussion of the process of assimilation in eighteenth-century Senegal considers how Africans were drawn into the French colonial community through employment, trade, marriage and concubine; and also through the Portuguese Creole communities to the south of Cape Verde. The extent of their assimilation is discussed with reference to religion, participation in civic institutions, and the acceptance of certain European values. Finally the question of how deeply the colonial community was influenced by African values is briefly raised. This paper is adapted from the author's forthcoming book on French-speaking countries of West Africa, to be published in the Prentice-Hall series 'Modern Nations in Historical Perspective', Notes.
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